The weather throughout Japan may be warming now that we have passed the middle of April, but there were some cold, wet days at the end of March and the beginning of this month that made it uncomfortable to play — and watch — ...

Ryozo Kato stepped down on Friday from his post as commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball and hit out at the report of a third-party investigation into a scandal over changes made to the ball for this season. In a statement released to the media, ...

Ryozo Kato stepped down on Friday from his post as commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball and hit out at the report of a third-party investigation into a scandal over changes made to the ball for this season. In a statement released to the media, ...

Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato, who has come under fire after the league secretly altered its baseball, insisted anew on Monday he has no plans of stepping down in the wake of the scandal. “Let history be the ultimate judge in evaluating me,” ...

Nippon Professional Baseball did not err when it introduced a standardized baseball two seasons ago. The change was needed. The league was also right to alter that ball after players noticed the game had changed too much. That was a problem, and NPB fixed ...

Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato said Wednesday he had not been informed of changes made to this year’s ball to make it more lively. Kato said the decision was made last year by NPB secretary general Kunio Shimoda, and that Shimoda had done ...